NEWQUAY, UK – A monstrous sea worm was captured by aquarium staff after terrorizing other marine life in its tank.
Workers at Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium had no idea the 4-foot long creature was even living in the tank, where it had apparently grown up in secret. Fish were being harmed and the interior of the tank was damaged, but their was no obvious culprit.
Staff placed bait traps out, which the worm would devour overnight, hook and all. Matt Slater, curator of the aquarium, explained, “That worm must have obliterated the traps. The bait was full of hooks which he must have just digested.”
Eventually, they spotted the worm and and removed it from the tank, during which the worm’s jaws bit through a 20-pound fishing line! The retrieval was further complicated due to it being covered in bristles that sting and can cause permanent numbness after contact.
It is believed the worm arrived as a baby hidden in a shipment from another aquarium. “Barry”, as it is now called, has been given its own tank to live in.
first timme i saw something like this ……….. its too scary !!
It is a Mongolian Death worm. Take it back to the Gobi where it belongs!
It's going to eat me…….AAAaaaaahhhhh!!
Durrr, they obviously caught a mongolian death worm!
It's mad 'cause it is in a tank instead of a desert!!!!!
run its Worm Zilla!!!!
some kind of polychaete?
MarineBioGuy: Looks like one. I had something similar in an aquarium that got about 2 feet long that came in on live rock. Destructive as hell, and the bristles on it irritated me through my gloves. Wiped out my invertebrates, did some pretty bad damage to fish, and eventually wedged iteself in the filter and crashed the tank. Never got it ID'd, but I've heard of monster bristleworms causing problems for marine aquarists from time to time. Taught me an expensive lesson about isolating live rock.
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Dont you love grammar lessons from someone who writes 'Dude, seriously'.
wow, I've never heard of something like this. Anybody know what kind of specie this is?
Probably a Bobbit worm (did I spell that right)
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There is most likely no such thing as a Mongolian Death Worm, and if there is, Barry is not one because he is not red and he does not spit sulfuric acid. He is probably a Bobbit worm!!
dang how long is that is that thing
theres one living in my toilet now